Faya-Largeau Facts

Area4.8 km²
Population113,371
Population change (1975 to 2020)+2689.0%
Population change (2000 to 2020)+279.3%
Local Time
TimezoneWest Africa Time
Lat & Lng17.92570, 19.10428

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Faya-Largeau Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data197519902000201520202025*2030*
Population4,06512,86729,891105,201113,371159,106217,915
Population Density844.7 / km²2,673.7 / km²6,211.1 / km²21,859.9 / km²23,557.6 / km²33,061 / km²45,281 / km²
* Projected
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Faya-Largeau Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 279.3% from year 2000 to 2020

LocationChange since 1975Change since 1990Change since 2000
Faya-Largeau+2689%+781.1%+279.3%
Borkou Region
Chad
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Faya-Largeau Population Density

Population Density: 23,558 / km²

LocationPopulationAreaDensity
Faya-Largeau113,3714.813 km²23,558 / km²
Borkou Region184,085260,735.7 km²0.7 / km²
Chad14 million1,270,680.9 km²11 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Faya-Largeau Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1960 to 2100

Sources:
  1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
  2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
  3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Faya-Largeau CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

LocationCO2 EmissionsCO2 Emissions Per CapitaCO2 Emissions Intensity
Faya-Largeau8,295 tn0.07 tn1,723.6 tons/km²
Borkou Region15,656 tn0.09 tn0.1 tons/km²
Chad1,069,769 tn0.08 tn0.8 tons/km²
Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a
Faya-Largeau CO2 Emissions
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)8,295 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita0.07 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)1,723.6 tons/km²

Faya-Largeau

Faya-Largeau (also known as Faya) is the largest city in northern Chad and was the capital of the region of Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti. It is now in the Borkou Region, which was formed in 2008 from the Borkou Department of the former Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibes..

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